Irwin Hasen (Wikimedia). Inqaku loMhleli: Kwiveki ephelileyo, umbhali uJohn Christopher Fine ungenise inqaku elinesihloko esithi Dondi Lives, malunga no-Irwin Hasen, umdali oneminyaka engama-96 ubudala womculo ohlekisayo. Ngaphambi kokuba sipapashe ibali malunga nomculi osekhulile kodwa okhutheleyo-BLAM! -Mnu. U-Hasen usweleke nge-Matshi 13. Apha sipapasha iprofayile kaMnu Fine, ekunokwenzeka ukuba yayiludliwanondlebe lokugqibela lukaMnu.
Funda Konke Oku… Le Nkwenkwana ifuna abaFundi bayo, yabhengeza iphepha langaphambili le- Comet yemihla ngemihla . U-Liz 'Owalilayo' uTeary wenze ibali kwaye uTip Lenz uthathe imifanekiso kwiSebe lePolisa lesiXeko saseNew York. Umntu oneminyaka eli-6 ubudala ovule amehlo ephethe i-ice cream cone enkulu, umnqwazi obugqithisileyo wentloko entloko. Uhlobo olushukumisayo lwenkedama yaseYurophu yasemva kweMfazwe yesibini (II) ye-II eyinkedama eyathandana nama-GIs amabini aseMelika yaqala ngala mzobo ka-1955.
Amakhwenkwe, abahlobo bakaDondi, uCorporal Ted Wills kunye no-Private First Class uWhitey McGowan, bebesiya ekhaya. Imfazwe yaphela. I-Iron Curtain yayiwele ngaphezulu kwe-Yurophu echithekileyo, ekhukuliswe ngababaleki izama ukwakha kwakhona. Kuthunyelwe kubuyiselwe emazweni, amajoni acinga ukuba ashiye inkedama encinci ngasemva.
UDondi, ingqondi yomzobi weekhathuni uGus Edson, waba sisiqwengana esinamava esihlekisayo; inkwenkwana ingene kumakhaya esizwe kunye neentliziyo kule minyaka ingama-34 izayo. Njengayo yonke inkqubo yokuyila, kukho into eyinyani ebomini ephefumlele umtya. Nantoni na eyenziwa ngumculi kwimemori, loo mpembelelo ihlala kwindawo ethile. Mhlawumbi yayiyindibano yamathuba kaMnu Edson kunye nomzobi wekhathuni u-Irwin Hasen kukhenketho lwe-United Service Organisation (USO) eJamani ngo-1954. I-USO yaqokelela oopopayi ukuba bayokonwabisa amajoni ase-U.S.
Ngo-1954 omabini la madoda ayekhutshwa. UMnu Edson, ngokungathi uzakuphulukana nomtya wakhe wexesha elide, 'The Gumps.'
I-DC Comics ive ukuba incwadi ka-Irwin yokuhlekisa nge-'Wonder Woman, 'iGreen Lantern' kunye ne 'Wildcat' zazingathengisi iincwadi. Kungekudala omabini la madoda aya kuba 'Esebenza kwintengiso-isithethi sopopayi esithetha ukungaphangeli.
Ingcamango kaMnu Edson yayilinde kwibhokisi yakhe yeposi ekubuyeni kuka-Irwin kwisiXeko saseNew York emva kohambo lwe-USO. Yayiludwe olulula lomntwana omncinci owayehleli engxoweni ye-duffle kwi-GI enkulu. umnqwazi nebhulukhwe. Yayiyiyo leyo. Yayiyintlantsi encinci eyatshisa iintliziyo kunye nemiphefumlo yabantu baseMelika ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu.
UMnu Edson noMnu Hasen basebenze njengabahlobo kunye namaqabane eDondi kule minyaka ilishumi izayo. Umnumzana Edson wabhala amabali kwaye wathumela iiposi zeveki ngeveki kuMnu Hasen eNew York. Umculi ohlekisayo uzobe iipaneli. Inkedama encinci yeminyaka emithandathu ubudala yemfazwe yaba yinxalenye yemihla ngemihla kubomi baseMelika abaninzi, ababelindele ngolangazelelo ukuphindwaphindwa kwembala ngeCawe. ENew York, uDondi wabaleka kwiphepha lokuqala Iindaba zangeCawa iiqhulo. Inkwenkwana yaba yinkcazo yentlalo ebandakanyekayo, i-icon ethandekayo ephefumlelwe ngumculi wobomi bokwenene emva kwezigcawu. Inkwenkwana eyayinomnqwazi omkhulu we-GI, ihempe kunye neebhulukhwe ezinkulu ezingalunganga ezazamkelwa ngabahlobo bayo base-US Army yayingu-Irwin Hasen kwaye u-Irwin Hasen wayengu-‘Dondi. ’
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UDondi uyaphila. Uneminyaka engama-96 ubudala. Ukuphefumlelwa kwakhe kuqhubela umboniso ophilayo kumdlalo omde oswelekileyo. Ukubaleka kwayo kwakugqityiwe; iphele amaxesha okanye amaxesha atshintshiwe. Uthando kunye nezifundo zokuziphatha uDondi azishiyileyo lilifa likaGus Edson ongasekhoyo kunye no-Irwin Hasen.
Uzalelwe kwisitalato i-106th eManhattan ngoJulayi 8, 1918, u-Irwin Hasen waya kwi-PS 165 emva koko waya kwi-DeWitt Clinton High School. Emva kwengozi eWall Street yowe-1929, usapho lwakhe ngandlel 'ithile lwafumana imali eyoneleyo yokumthumela kwiNational Academy of Design. Isikolo sasineebhloko ezimbalwa ukusuka apho wazalelwa khona eHarlem. Ukusuka ekutyebeni kweshishini lefanitshala katatomkhulu wakhe eManhattan esezantsi, apho utata wakhe wayesebenza njengomthengisi, Ukudodobala Okukhulu kwaphela iintsuku zosapho zeHasen ze-halcyon ngompheki kunye nomqhubi.
‘Zange ndaya phesheya kolwandle kunye noMkhosi. Enkosi Thixo. Amanye amakhwenkwe ayenzile aza asweleka. Ndapapasha iphephandaba elineekhathuni. Ndiyabulela kuThixo ngokuba ndisindile. Emva komkhosi ndaya kwiikhathuni ’—Irwin Hasen |
Ndifumene uqeqesho olusisiseko kwi-National Academy. Kwakukho kwisitalato se-110. Andiwukholelwa umsebenzi endiwenzileyo ndisengumfana. Ndandifuna ukuba seqongeni. Bendisebenza. Ndandifuna ukuba ngumdlali weqonga. U-Irwin Hasen uthetha ngogqabhuko olufutshane oluya kulungela kwibhola yencoko. Imbonakalo yobuso bakhe iyaphila. Uyadlamka, unomdla, upeppy, wonwabile. Mncinci, ziinyawo ezintlanu-ii-intshi ezimbini ubude. Akusekho, akukho ngaphantsi.
Yile nto yokuma, okunokwenzeka kunamehlo akhe aphilileyo, eyakhuthaza uMnu. Edson ngo-1954. Yayiyintsholongwane yombono kuphela, le nkwenkwana ihleli engxoweni ye-duffel, iyodwa, inamehlo amakhulu, inkedama kwaye ifuna uthando. Inkuthazo esebenzayo indlela yayo ezintliziyweni zezigidi zabafundi abahlekisayo abakhule kunye noMnumzana Hasen kunye noMnu Edson. U-Irwin akazange akhule. Usenguye lo mfana umangalisayo, onemvakalelo enobuso obunomdla kunye namehlo ophilileyo obomi bakhe bokwenyani butsala imbali yaseMelika yenkulungwane yamashumi amabini.
Ndixelise uMaurice Chevalier. Ndandingumdlali olumkileyo. Umhlobo wam wathi, ‘Bonisa i-biz ayisiyakho.’ Xa u-Irwin Hasen ehleka wonke umntu uyahleka. Unoncumo olukhohlisayo. Uhlala ekulungele ukuqhula. Uqhula ngaye, isiqu sakhe esinciphileyo; ubalisa amabali ahlekisayo. Ukuba uyabaxa, kukuphosakela kwicala lokonwaba. Akasebenzisi ulwimi olurhabaxa, isifundo esifundwe ngeentsuku zobabalo zokukhula kunye nosapho lwakhe lwamaNew York aseMelika. UGosh, darn kunye nonyana-wesibhamu banendalo kuye.
Umnumzana Hasen uphendula ukugxekwa kwasekuqaleni kwezakhono zakhe zokubambela ngombulelo, esabambelele kwikratshi lokuba ngumlingisi olungileyo onokwenza abantu bahleke, ndiyavuya ndenze isigqibo esifanelekileyo. Ndandineminyaka elishumi elinambini ukuqala kwam ukuzoba. Kwakusondele kakhulu. Ndandi darn kakuhle eqongeni. Ndisithathile eso sigqibo. Ukuba ngumdlali weqonga kunzima kakhulu. Kwakunjalo ke nokuba ngumzobi wekhathuni. Umnumzana Hasen uhlala egqobhoza umsebenzi wakhe ekhupha umtya wemihla ngemihla esithi, ndisebenze i-butt yam. Ngokusondela nje kokuba afike kwi-vulgarity.
Emva kwePearl Harbour, uMnu. Hasen wanyuselwa emkhosini wase-U.S. Kwakungo-1942 kwaye umkhosi wawufuna ngamandla ukuqeshwa. Umhla wakhe wokuqala kuluhlu lokudubula watyhila inyani yokuba, umpu ubusemagxeni akhe, iminwe ka-Private Hasen ayinakufikelela kwisiphumo. I-sergeant enobulumko yamabela kwiiNkonzo eziZodwa. Imibongo ngesandla wayekhohlisa ephephancwadi leposi kwaye wathathwa wangena. Kwakuyi-serendipity. Waqala ikhathuni ebizwa ngokuba yiSgt. Route Step O'Malley, kwaye kamva waba ngumhleli wephepha. Iifolkhi zakhe wayezichitha ngaphesheya koMlambo i-Hudson kwisiXeko saseNew York, enxibe iyunifomu, ezobela amaqweqwe e-AA Comics '' Wonder Woman. '
Umnumzana Hasen watsala umsebenzi wokugada kwaye wamatsha amabanjwa e-AWOL ejikeleze isithuba, ekhulula umpu egxalabeni lakhe. Imikhosi edlakadlaka yadlula amabanjwa emfazwe aseJamani awayegculela kwaye ebiza izithuko kwelo joni lincinci. Emva kokukhutshwa kwakhe, uMnu. Hasen wafumana umsebenzi e INew York Post ukuzoba ‘I-Goldbergs.’ Umsebenzi wakhe kwigumbi leendaba uthathe unyaka. Ngaphandle komsebenzi, uMnu. Hasen wajonga iJamani kunye neUSO.
Watyelela iinkampu zoxinaniso zamaNazi kunye neendawo zokutshisa izidumbu eDachau. Oko wakubonayo kwammakisha ngonaphakade. Aba bantu bafuna ukundibeka kunye nosapho lwam kwisitya se-ashtray, watsho kwigumbi lakhe. Yayisisakhiwo esifanayo sokuhamba ngamatye emdaka eManhattan e-East Side apho wayehlala khona iminyaka emininzi. Yiyo yonke into awayithethayo ngokuBulawa Kwabantu Ngenkohlakalo. Isimo sakhe satshintsha. Isigqubuthelo sosizi sehla ngaphezulu kobuso bakhe obuqaqambileyo ngaphambili, njengoko wayekhumbula uDachau.
Andizange ndiye phesheya kolwandle kunye noMkhosi. Enkosi Thixo. Amanye amakhwenkwe ayenzile aza asweleka. Ndapapasha iphephandaba elineekhathuni. Ndiyabulela kuThixo ngokuba ndisindile. Emva komkhosi ndaya kwiikhathuni.
Uxelele malunga nezinto ezazichasene nobugcisa bakhe: Utata wam wayengumthengisi. Wayedla ngokuzoba imifanekiso yabantu abathengisela ifanitshala. Wabathengisa; yamnceda ukuba enze imali ngexesha loxinzelelo. Umzala wam wayene studio eParis. Intsapho yam yayinengxaki yobugcisa. Utatomkhulu wayengumdwebi wendlu eRashiya. Umnumzana Hasen wakhomba kwimizobo emibini eludongeni lwegumbi lakhe lokuhlala.
Ndandineminyaka elishumi elinambini xa ndenza umakhulu notamkhulu wam. Zizo ezo iifoto zabafazi endandikade ndihamba nazo. Babone ntoni kule runt encinci? Iingcinga zakhe zatsiba-jika, xa ejonga iindonga. Imizobo ibonise italente enkulu yobugcisa, njengoko bekwenzile nezembozo azizobileyo Iphephancwadi iBang , ezakhelwe eludongeni. Abafaki bhaso abadumileyo bosuku baphila ebomini kula maqweqwe amadala eemagazini. Umdlalo wokulwa wawugwenxa ngezo ntsuku kwaye igcisa elincinci ladibana neqela lemigulukudu elalithanda umfana omncinci.
U-Irwin Hasen usindile kwizitrato ezinzima zaseHarlem ezikhulayo, ezomkhosi, umdlalo wokulwa kunye nobomi oburhabaxa kunye nobomi bomntu ohlekisayo, ophethe iigigs kunye namaphephandaba kunye nabapapashi beencwadi ezihlekisayo. Wayelungile. Waya kwindibano yeekhathuni. Indoda yahlala ecaleni kwam inamadevu. Ujike wajonga ngakum, khange andijonge, ujika nje athi, ‘Ndiyayithanda indlela owenza ngayo.’ YayinguRoy Crane lowo, isithixo sam. URoy Crane wenza i ‘Wash Tubs and Captain Easy.’ Lowo ngunyaka endaye ndaya ngawo esiQithini.
Isiqithi sasiyiBonaire kwiiDutch West Indies. U-Irwin Hasen uthathe iholide, ezisa umsebenzi wakhe kwi-strip yaseDondi. Wadibana noCaptain Don Stewart, onguvulindlela wokuntywila kunye nomseki wendawo yokuqala enikezelwe kwidiving. Intlanganiso yamathuba yaphefumlela ubuhlobo kunye nothotho lweziqwengana ezathi zazisa isimilo sokugcina ulwandle. UCaptain Don wayeligorha. Ucacise ukubaluleka kokugcinwa kwemithombo yolwandle kwaye wafundisa nomdwebi wekhathuni ukuba antywila. Yayiyiholide njengayo nayiphi na enye le ndawo yokuhlala kwesiXeko saseNew York.
Ukubuya eJamani, uGus undithumelela lo mfanekiso walo mntwana. Umntwana ovela kwilizwe laseYurophu oza eMelika. Ndiyabanda. Ndisenayo loo ngqele. Ndathi, 'Gus, lo uzakuba ngowona mgcino mhle eMelika kwaye bekunjalo, utshilo uMnu. Hasen. Kwaye kwaba njalo.
UDondi wafumana igama lakhe kuMaurice T. Reilly weNew York Daily News Syndicate. Iimpawu zikaKumkani zenqabile. U-Edson oneentloni wathumela uMnu Hasen ukuba aye kubona uReilly.
Ukwenza owaseMelika, uMnu Hasen uyawakhumbula amazwi omhleli, emva kokuba efundile imitya yesampulu okwemizuzu embalwa eofisini yakhe.
Badibana neziselo eDelmonico Hotel ngobo busuku. UMaurice wayenegama lomtya. Akazange axelele abaqulunqi be-strip ukuba bavela phi okanye ukuba uza njani nayo. Kwakukho kwindawo yentselo yeDelmonico Hotel apho uDondi wafumana igama lakhe.
Xa uMnumzana Edson wasweleka eneminyaka engama-65 ngo-1966, iminyaka elishumi eyokukhulula, u-Irwin wayithatha ngoncedo lomhlobo wakhe. Ndilungile. Bekulungile kuthi sobabini. Imali yayingathethi nto. Lo mntwana mncinci makavele. Ndadlala intenetya entle eMzantsi Hampton, ndabhala iincwadi… waxhuma kwakhona.
Iincwadi zeComic babubomi bam. UThixo umthumele kum izolo… Ngeli xesha umtsi ubuyele ku-Captain Don kunye nexesha lakhe lokuntywila kwiSiqithi saseBonaire. UCaptain Don wayesandula ukubhubha. Wayeneminyaka elishumi encinci kuno Mnu Hasen. Babengabonani phantse iminyaka engama-35. Ukusuka kwimemori, uMnu.Hasen uzobe umfanekiso we-caricature wokuvalelisa uKapteni Don.
Ndingumculi. Ukwayindoda yokuqwalaselwa okunomdla kunye neenkcazo zentlalo ubomi babo kunye nothando oluguqulelwe kumabali ahlekisayo afundwa eMelika iphela. Ngomsebenzi wobomi bakhe kwezobugcisa, indlela awenze ngayo, akanakucacisa, kuphela ukutyhila imfihlo yakhe, khange ndiyicinge. Ndiyenzile nje. UDondi uyaphila.
